WRKC
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| Broadcast area | Wilkes-Barre, PA |
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| Branding | "Radio King's College" |
| First air date | April 20, 1942 |
| Frequency | 88.5 (MHz) |
| Format | College music |
| ERP | 440 watts |
| Class | A |
| Owner | King's College |
| Website | WRKC web site |
WRKC (88.5 FM) is a 440 watt student operated radio station in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, in northeastern Pennsylvania. The station's signal is best listened to within inner Luzerne County (Wilkes-Barre, Kingston, Swoyersville), but can also be heard in outer Luzerne County (Pittston, Nanticoke, Dallas).
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[edit] Format
Like many college radio stations, WRKC is run completely by students at King's College. The general manager, Sue Henry, is the moderator of the station and is the only non-student associated with it. The college has a fair mixture of contemporary rock, indie rock, punk rock and other assorted genres. WRKC was formerly a mixed news, talk and music station but in the last fifteen years went to a complete music format, save for the station's anchor program, the Radio Home Visitor, a news program that reads the previous day's local newspapers to the blind. While a mixed format, the station aired some infamous segments such as a student interview with the Ku Klux Klan. The station is webcast. The station airs 24-hours a day on a 440 watt signal, playing a jukebox of CDs when student DJs do not do shows.
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[edit] Bands
WRKC has been known to play bands before most commercial stations in Northeastern Pennsylvania do, such as U2, Fallout Boy, the Presidents of the United States of America and others. The station policy is for students to play rotation as 40% of their playlists. The station promotes local music like The Drama Club, Barefoot and The Grain.
[edit] Sports
The station also airs broadcasts of football and basketball games for King's College, and is planning on airing baseball and lacrosse in the future.
[edit] External links
By frequency: 88.3 | 88.5 | 89.9 | 91.3 | 91.7 | 92.1 | 92.9 | 93.7 | 94.3 | 95.7 | 96.5 | 97.1 | 97.9 | 98.5 | 99.5 | 100.1 | 101.3 | 102.3 | 103.1 | 104.9 | 105.9 | 106.9 | 107.7
By callsign: | WBHD | WBHT | WBSX | WCIG | WDMT | WEZX | WFEZ | WGGY | WGMF | WKRZ | WLNP | WMGS | WPEL | WPGP | WPZX | WQFM | WQFN | WRKC | WSJR | WUSR | WVIA | WVMW | WWRR
- See also: List of FM stations in Scranton
Allentown (FM) (AM) | Altoona | Chambersburg | Erie (FM) (AM) | Harrisburg-Carlisle-Lebanon (FM) (AM) | Johnstown | Lancaster (FM) (AM) | Meadville-Franklin | Philadelphia (FM) (AM) | Pittsburgh (FM) (AM) | Reading | State College | Sunbury-Selinsgrove-Lewisburg | Wilkes Barre-Scranton (FM) (AM) | Waynesboro | Williamsport | York (FM) (AM)
Non-Arbitron-Ranked Pennsylvania Radio Markets:
Northern Pennsylvania (includes DuBois, Kane, Punxsutawney, and St. Marys)
Markets that transcend New York and Pennsylvania:
Olean NY/Bradford PA | Jamestown NY/Warren PA
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Pennsylvania college radio stations |
